✅ Health Screenings: What You Need to Know
Screening is a way to check your health before you feel unwell. It helps to find serious diseases early. If a disease is found early, it is easier to treat.
🩺 Free Cancer Screenings in England
If you are registered with a GP in England, you can get these free cancer screenings:
🧫 Cervical Screening
- For women aged 25 to 64
- Done at your GP practice
- You will get a letter inviting you for an appointment
🎗 Breast Screening (Mammogram)
- For women aged 50 to 70
- Women over 70 can ask for it themselves (self-refer)
- Done at a local hospital
- You can bring someone with you or ask for an interpreter
🟤 Bowel Cancer Screening
- For men and women aged 60 to 74
- Done at home with a test kit
- You get the kit by post and send it back by post
🧪 Latent TB Test (Tuberculosis)
If you have latent TB, it means the TB bacteria is in your body, but you do not feel ill. You can get a free TB test if:
- You arrived in the UK in the last 5 years
- You are from one of these countries:
(Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Somalia, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and many more)
👉 Check the full list of countries here
📞 To ask about TB testing, call Leeds TB Service: 0113 843 4344
❤️ NHS Health Check
The NHS Health Check is a free check for people aged 40 to 74. It helps to find:
- Stroke risk
- Kidney disease
- Heart disease
- Type 2 diabetes
- Early signs of dementia
You will be invited for a health check every 5 years by your GP practice.
👉 Learn more about NHS Health Checks here
